North Island Community Health Centre
@northislandchc.bsky.social
CHC serving northern Vancouver Island
We provide welcoming space where healthcare practitioners can provide accessible, culturally safe and trauma-informed care, working to the full scope of their practice.
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We provide welcoming space where healthcare practitioners can provide accessible, culturally safe and trauma-informed care, working to the full scope of their practice.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/6026471654099312
Excited to announce our Board of Directors for the North Island Community Hospice (NICH) - see our minutes from Nov 24 meeting.
Our next meeting will be Dec 15 at 12:30p: Directors are expected, others are welcome
Our next meeting will be Dec 15 at 12:30p: Directors are expected, others are welcome
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Excited to announce our Board of Directors for the North Island Community Hospice (NICH) - see our minutes from Nov 24 meeting.
Our next meeting will be Dec 15 at 12:30p: Directors are expected, others are welcome
Our next meeting will be Dec 15 at 12:30p: Directors are expected, others are welcome
Our physio Vanessa showing off our new exercise-bike and rehab program with Ivan who just got a new knee 🦵
Did you know our physiotherapists are now the ‘official’ physiotherapy team for post-knee and hip replacements for the North Island.
Did you know our physiotherapists are now the ‘official’ physiotherapy team for post-knee and hip replacements for the North Island.
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Our physio Vanessa showing off our new exercise-bike and rehab program with Ivan who just got a new knee 🦵
Did you know our physiotherapists are now the ‘official’ physiotherapy team for post-knee and hip replacements for the North Island.
Did you know our physiotherapists are now the ‘official’ physiotherapy team for post-knee and hip replacements for the North Island.
Our Mission is to provide a welcoming space where healthcare practitioners can provide accessible, culturally safe, and trauma-informed care, working to the full scope of their practice.
Accessibility includes a wheelchair and crutches in the waiting room
Accessibility includes a wheelchair and crutches in the waiting room
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Our Mission is to provide a welcoming space where healthcare practitioners can provide accessible, culturally safe, and trauma-informed care, working to the full scope of their practice.
Accessibility includes a wheelchair and crutches in the waiting room
Accessibility includes a wheelchair and crutches in the waiting room
Let’s Build A Hospice for the North Island!
We had a fabulous first meeting last nite with 15 people from Port Hardy who are eager to improve End-of-Life care for our North Island
#Palliative #PalliativeCare #EndOfLife #DeathWithDignity
We had a fabulous first meeting last nite with 15 people from Port Hardy who are eager to improve End-of-Life care for our North Island
#Palliative #PalliativeCare #EndOfLife #DeathWithDignity
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Let’s Build A Hospice for the North Island!
We had a fabulous first meeting last nite with 15 people from Port Hardy who are eager to improve End-of-Life care for our North Island
#Palliative #PalliativeCare #EndOfLife #DeathWithDignity
We had a fabulous first meeting last nite with 15 people from Port Hardy who are eager to improve End-of-Life care for our North Island
#Palliative #PalliativeCare #EndOfLife #DeathWithDignity
We are looking to form a 4-bed #hospice in #PortHardy to serve northern #VancouverIsland
We need more End-of-Life care options
#DeathWithDignity #Compassion #PatientCare
We need more End-of-Life care options
#DeathWithDignity #Compassion #PatientCare
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We are looking to form a 4-bed #hospice in #PortHardy to serve northern #VancouverIsland
We need more End-of-Life care options
#DeathWithDignity #Compassion #PatientCare
We need more End-of-Life care options
#DeathWithDignity #Compassion #PatientCare
We are proud of what we have accomplished at North Island Community Health Centre.
Our staff room has a board of newspaper clippings from the past 2.5 years.
We estimate our team of physicians and allied health providers have provided nearly 50,000 patient-visits since we opened.
Our staff room has a board of newspaper clippings from the past 2.5 years.
We estimate our team of physicians and allied health providers have provided nearly 50,000 patient-visits since we opened.
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We are proud of what we have accomplished at North Island Community Health Centre.
Our staff room has a board of newspaper clippings from the past 2.5 years.
We estimate our team of physicians and allied health providers have provided nearly 50,000 patient-visits since we opened.
Our staff room has a board of newspaper clippings from the past 2.5 years.
We estimate our team of physicians and allied health providers have provided nearly 50,000 patient-visits since we opened.
Gotta go? You’re welcome to use our washroom - whether a patient or not, our handicap washroom has a baby change table and wipes/diapers too - all part of providing accessible care to our North Island
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Gotta go? You’re welcome to use our washroom - whether a patient or not, our handicap washroom has a baby change table and wipes/diapers too - all part of providing accessible care to our North Island
Today is the day!
Start of Walk In #FluShot #vaccination with our friends next door at Hardy Bay Drugstore
#VaccinesSaveLives #VaccinesWork
Start of Walk In #FluShot #vaccination with our friends next door at Hardy Bay Drugstore
#VaccinesSaveLives #VaccinesWork
October 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Today is the day!
Start of Walk In #FluShot #vaccination with our friends next door at Hardy Bay Drugstore
#VaccinesSaveLives #VaccinesWork
Start of Walk In #FluShot #vaccination with our friends next door at Hardy Bay Drugstore
#VaccinesSaveLives #VaccinesWork
Hosting 2 Group Medical Visits this week!
‘Healthy Back, Happy Body’ with our #chiropractor Dr. Martin Barker, Thursday
‘Partners Massage’ with our #RMT Katy Lucas, Saturday
Coming together, healing in community 🙏🏽❤️
‘Healthy Back, Happy Body’ with our #chiropractor Dr. Martin Barker, Thursday
‘Partners Massage’ with our #RMT Katy Lucas, Saturday
Coming together, healing in community 🙏🏽❤️
October 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hosting 2 Group Medical Visits this week!
‘Healthy Back, Happy Body’ with our #chiropractor Dr. Martin Barker, Thursday
‘Partners Massage’ with our #RMT Katy Lucas, Saturday
Coming together, healing in community 🙏🏽❤️
‘Healthy Back, Happy Body’ with our #chiropractor Dr. Martin Barker, Thursday
‘Partners Massage’ with our #RMT Katy Lucas, Saturday
Coming together, healing in community 🙏🏽❤️
Our newest offering #Reiki
An excellent option for our patients struggling with conditions that ‘western medicine’ struggles to treat like #fibromyalgia, #chronicpain, chronic pelvic pain, interstitial cystitis and irritable bowel syndrome #IBS #MentalHealth
An excellent option for our patients struggling with conditions that ‘western medicine’ struggles to treat like #fibromyalgia, #chronicpain, chronic pelvic pain, interstitial cystitis and irritable bowel syndrome #IBS #MentalHealth
October 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Our newest offering #Reiki
An excellent option for our patients struggling with conditions that ‘western medicine’ struggles to treat like #fibromyalgia, #chronicpain, chronic pelvic pain, interstitial cystitis and irritable bowel syndrome #IBS #MentalHealth
An excellent option for our patients struggling with conditions that ‘western medicine’ struggles to treat like #fibromyalgia, #chronicpain, chronic pelvic pain, interstitial cystitis and irritable bowel syndrome #IBS #MentalHealth
Beautiful turnout for Port Hardy’s National Truth & Reconciliation March on Kwakiutl territory 🙏🏽
#EveryChildMatters
@alexnatarosmd.bsky.social
#EveryChildMatters
@alexnatarosmd.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Beautiful turnout for Port Hardy’s National Truth & Reconciliation March on Kwakiutl territory 🙏🏽
#EveryChildMatters
@alexnatarosmd.bsky.social
#EveryChildMatters
@alexnatarosmd.bsky.social
Join our North Island Community Health Centre team Pam, LeeAnne, Dawn, @alexnatarosmd.bsky.social and others for the #TRC March - meet Sept 30 just before 11am in front of Port Hardy’s Sacred Wolf in Thunderbird Mall
#EveryChildMatters
#EveryChildMatters
September 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Join our North Island Community Health Centre team Pam, LeeAnne, Dawn, @alexnatarosmd.bsky.social and others for the #TRC March - meet Sept 30 just before 11am in front of Port Hardy’s Sacred Wolf in Thunderbird Mall
#EveryChildMatters
#EveryChildMatters
😄Sunday Funday 💥
The latest NICHC book 📕 just dropped on Amazon - this one is for adults - #cancer #screening and #vaccinations .. lots to learn! 🎶 rap style 🎤
Features lots of our community - beautiful work by Stacey Johnson
Get yours www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FT16WXQW
The latest NICHC book 📕 just dropped on Amazon - this one is for adults - #cancer #screening and #vaccinations .. lots to learn! 🎶 rap style 🎤
Features lots of our community - beautiful work by Stacey Johnson
Get yours www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FT16WXQW
September 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
😄Sunday Funday 💥
The latest NICHC book 📕 just dropped on Amazon - this one is for adults - #cancer #screening and #vaccinations .. lots to learn! 🎶 rap style 🎤
Features lots of our community - beautiful work by Stacey Johnson
Get yours www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FT16WXQW
The latest NICHC book 📕 just dropped on Amazon - this one is for adults - #cancer #screening and #vaccinations .. lots to learn! 🎶 rap style 🎤
Features lots of our community - beautiful work by Stacey Johnson
Get yours www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FT16WXQW
“Follow the cougar cub to your doctor”
Beautiful print 📸 by a local photographer given to NICHC by one of our cherished patients Astrid 🙏🏽
Beautiful print 📸 by a local photographer given to NICHC by one of our cherished patients Astrid 🙏🏽
September 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“Follow the cougar cub to your doctor”
Beautiful print 📸 by a local photographer given to NICHC by one of our cherished patients Astrid 🙏🏽
Beautiful print 📸 by a local photographer given to NICHC by one of our cherished patients Astrid 🙏🏽
Join counsellor Ward Murray and Dr. Alex, come with your partner/friend or on your own, explore attachment theory, the theories of love and what it means to be human.
**FREE** but pre-registration required:
Email reception.nichc@gmail.com or call 250-902-2320
**FREE** but pre-registration required:
Email reception.nichc@gmail.com or call 250-902-2320
September 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Join counsellor Ward Murray and Dr. Alex, come with your partner/friend or on your own, explore attachment theory, the theories of love and what it means to be human.
**FREE** but pre-registration required:
Email reception.nichc@gmail.com or call 250-902-2320
**FREE** but pre-registration required:
Email reception.nichc@gmail.com or call 250-902-2320
Neurodivergence is the spectrum of diversity of how our brains function. Come engage in dialogue with counsellor Ward Murray and Dr. Alex who together care for patients with #ADHD and #Autism Spectrum Disorder, and their families. This group medical visit is for patients & family
September 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It’s cold season 🤧
Hot off the press 📕 a children’s book by one of talented community members Stacey Johnson
Find it on Amazon: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FQ5W2YSJ
Hot off the press 📕 a children’s book by one of talented community members Stacey Johnson
Find it on Amazon: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FQ5W2YSJ
September 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It’s cold season 🤧
Hot off the press 📕 a children’s book by one of talented community members Stacey Johnson
Find it on Amazon: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FQ5W2YSJ
Hot off the press 📕 a children’s book by one of talented community members Stacey Johnson
Find it on Amazon: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FQ5W2YSJ
#SundayFunday
love our community..
so many unexpected surprises - like a talented artist offering to make books and drawings about the work we do - there's no limit to what can happen when you believe in the
Power of Community 🙏🏽❤️💪🏽
love our community..
so many unexpected surprises - like a talented artist offering to make books and drawings about the work we do - there's no limit to what can happen when you believe in the
Power of Community 🙏🏽❤️💪🏽
September 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#SundayFunday
love our community..
so many unexpected surprises - like a talented artist offering to make books and drawings about the work we do - there's no limit to what can happen when you believe in the
Power of Community 🙏🏽❤️💪🏽
love our community..
so many unexpected surprises - like a talented artist offering to make books and drawings about the work we do - there's no limit to what can happen when you believe in the
Power of Community 🙏🏽❤️💪🏽
LeeAnne & Pam recently marked 1 year working at NICHC - check out their new vests! Stylin’
September 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
LeeAnne & Pam recently marked 1 year working at NICHC - check out their new vests! Stylin’
Making it Official!
Dr. Elhendy has settled in and even has new threads with his name 👕
Dr. Elhendy has settled in and even has new threads with his name 👕
September 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Making it Official!
Dr. Elhendy has settled in and even has new threads with his name 👕
Dr. Elhendy has settled in and even has new threads with his name 👕
Today is the day!
Announcing our fall Group Medical Visit series - options for everyone.
**FREE** but pre-registration required
#chiropractor #massage #orthotics #brace #back #depression #autism #neurodivergence #anxiety #arthritis
Announcing our fall Group Medical Visit series - options for everyone.
**FREE** but pre-registration required
#chiropractor #massage #orthotics #brace #back #depression #autism #neurodivergence #anxiety #arthritis
September 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today is the day!
Announcing our fall Group Medical Visit series - options for everyone.
**FREE** but pre-registration required
#chiropractor #massage #orthotics #brace #back #depression #autism #neurodivergence #anxiety #arthritis
Announcing our fall Group Medical Visit series - options for everyone.
**FREE** but pre-registration required
#chiropractor #massage #orthotics #brace #back #depression #autism #neurodivergence #anxiety #arthritis
Today is Overdose Awareness Day
Too many people in our community are affected by this crisis ❤️🩹
Too many people in our community are affected by this crisis ❤️🩹
August 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Today is Overdose Awareness Day
Too many people in our community are affected by this crisis ❤️🩹
Too many people in our community are affected by this crisis ❤️🩹
Great story in this week’s North Island Eagle!
Grateful to have a free, independent local press to tell stories that matter in our community
Grateful to have a free, independent local press to tell stories that matter in our community
August 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Great story in this week’s North Island Eagle!
Grateful to have a free, independent local press to tell stories that matter in our community
Grateful to have a free, independent local press to tell stories that matter in our community